Talent Acquisition Specialist (Corporate)

This specialist recruitment agency in Pinetown needs a recruiter who can read a CV fast and a person faster. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Pinetown-based, with most of your time spent at a specialist recruitment agency. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Handle candidate data in line with POPIA, including consent and deletion.
• Source candidates through search, referrals and your own database.
• Report on time-to-fill, pipeline and placement figures each week.
• Place temps on assignments and check timesheets under the Labour Relations Act rules for TES.
• Take detailed job briefs from hiring managers and clients.
• Negotiate offers and prepare offer letters.
• Run group assessments for volume intakes of 30 to 100 people.

• Comfortable with targets for agency roles
• A diploma or degree in HR or a related field, or strong agency experience
• Confident on the phone with candidates and managers
• Honest about salaries, deadlines and outcomes

• A niche market such as IT, nursing or engineering
• Experience with psychometric or skills assessments
• An applicant tracking system such as Bullhorn or a similar ATS

• Hybrid working
• Commission on placements for agency roles
• LinkedIn Recruiter licence provided
• Clear growth path to senior consultant or team manager

• Show placements, fill rates and average time-to-fill; recruiters get judged on numbers, and so will you.
• Before the interview, look up a live vacancy the company is filling and suggest where you would source for it.